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<span id="variable:CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION"></span><h1>CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION<a class="headerlink" href="#cmake-vs-windows-target-platform-version" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.4.</span></p>
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<p>Visual Studio Windows Target Platform Version.</p>
<p>When targeting Windows 10 and above, <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-generators.7.html#visual-studio-generators"><span class="std std-ref">Visual Studio Generators</span></a> for
VS 2015 and above support specification of a Windows SDK version:</p>
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<li><p>If <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.html#variable:CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM" title="CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM</span></code></a> specifies a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">version=</span></code> field,
as documented by <a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.html#visual-studio-platform-selection"><span class="std std-ref">Visual Studio Platform Selection</span></a>, that SDK
version is selected.</p></li>
<li><p>Otherwise, if the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WindowsSDKVersion</span></code> environment variable
is set to an available SDK version, that version is selected.
This is intended for use in environments established by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vcvarsall.bat</span></code>
or similar scripts.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.27: </span>This is enabled by policy <span class="target" id="index-0-policy:CMP0149"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../policy/CMP0149.html#policy:CMP0149" title="CMP0149"><code class="xref cmake cmake-policy docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMP0149</span></code></a>.</p>
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<li><p>Otherwise, if <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION.html#variable:CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION" title="CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION</span></code></a> is set to an available
SDK version, that version is selected.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.27: </span>This is disabled by policy <span class="target" id="index-1-policy:CMP0149"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../policy/CMP0149.html#policy:CMP0149" title="CMP0149"><code class="xref cmake cmake-policy docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMP0149</span></code></a>.</p>
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<li><p>Otherwise, CMake uses the latest Windows SDK version available.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>The chosen Windows target version number is provided
in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION</span></code>.  If no Windows 10 SDK
is available this value will be empty.</p>
<p>One may set a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_WINDOWS_KITS_10_DIR</span></code> <em>environment variable</em>
to an absolute path to tell CMake to look for Windows 10 SDKs in
a custom location.  The specified directory is expected to contain
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Include/10.0.*</span></code> directories.</p>
<p>See also <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM.html#variable:CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM" title="CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM</span></code></a>.</p>
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